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CPSR/Georgia (Atlanta)

Welcome to CPSR Georgia!

This chapter was founded in 1997 and has maintained a steady program of
activities. Most of its activity is based at the Georgia
Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in Atlanta, where there is a
student chapter and where CPSR Board member Hans Klein is on the faculty
of the School of Public Policy.

Testimony to the Georgia State Legislature: House
Bill 687 "Super DMCA"

On 23 April 2003 Georgia Tech professor and CPSR Chair Hans Klein testified
before the House Utilities Commission on a bill to strengthen protections
for intellectual property on digital networks. Prof. Klein argued
that the bill was part of a broad policy initiative by intellectual property
interests active in the World Trade Organization, the US Congress, and
state governments to shift the balance of public and private interests
in favor of such groups as the Motion Picture Association of American (MPAA)
and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). He recommended
that Georgia rely on existing legislation and not pass new rules in this
area. For more information on state legislature of this nature click
here.

U.S. Congressman Bob Barr about citizens' rights to online privacy. His
talk was based on his experiences with the Department of Justice and the
Central Intelligence Agency and addressed responsible governance of the
Internet. CPSR co-sponsored this event by the Georgia Tech School
of Public Policy.

Georgia Tech: Student Chapter of CPSR Founded, 2000

Georgia Tech graduate students Dara
O'Neil and Rob Orr officially
founded the student chapter of CPSR in the winter of 2000. Although
the campus has hosted numerous CPSR activities, especially since the founding
of the CPSR Georgia chapter, this student chapter should increase that
activity. For more information contact Dara or Rob.

Following a public outcry after it made tax records accessible over the
Internet, the Social Security Administration
held public hearings to learn how to better ensure taxpayer privacy.
Public hearings were held in Georgia, California, and numerous other states
around the country. At the Atlanta hearings, held in June 1997, CPSR
member Robert Costner testified about the importance of new technologies
to ensure privacy, and CPSR member Hans Klein testified on the importance
of diffusing awareness of privacy to all federal agencies. To learn
more about this event, read the Public
Forum Transcript or go straight to the transcripts of Robert
Costner's presentation or Hans
Klein's presentation.

Anonymity in Cyberspace: CPSR in the Federal Courtroom

Hans Klein gave expert testimony in Federal District Court in Atlanta in
January 1997 in the case ACLU of Georgia v. Miller. He testified
on the implications of Georgia law forbidding anonymous communications
on computer networks. For more information about this case, see the
relevant ACLU web pages from the ACLU
Georgia and the national
ACLU site.

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Why did you join CPSR?

It is important for knowledgeable professionals to influence technology policy. Legislators and regulators are too often unfamiliar with the fields they control and are insufficiently aware of the consequences of their actions.